Colleen Colbert, PhD

216.444.1299

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Biographical Sketch

Colleen Colbert, PhD, is Director of the Office of Faculty Development within the Clinic’s Center for Educational Resources and the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. She is also a Visiting Associate Professor, Medicine Department, and Co-Director of Assessment and Evaluation for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. As director of the Office of Faculty Development, she is responsible for designing, developing and implementing programs to help faculty improve their teaching, assessment skills, educational administration, scholarly activity development and educational leadership skills.

She has extensive experience in medical education (UME and GME), assessment, and curriculum development, particularly in aligning curriculum with competencies and standards. Her scholarly activities include co-authoring articles, engaging in medical education and quality improvement research, acting as a manuscript reviewer, and serving as an associate editor and editorial board member. She regularly mentors faculty who are new to health professions scholarship.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic, she held the position of Director of the Office of Medical Education, Evaluation & Research Development in the Internal Medicine Department at Scott & White Healthcare and was an Associate Professor in the Internal Medicine Department at Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine.

Education & Fellowships

Doctorate
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University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM
2005

Graduate
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University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM
1999

Graduate
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University of Oregon

Creative Writing
Eugene, OR USA
1990

Undergraduate
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Humboldt State University

Journalism
Arcata, CA
1984

Industry Relationships

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receive or have the right to receive royalties or (iv) its physicians/scientists hold any equity interest for the physician's/scientist's role as inventor, discoverer, developer, founder or consultant.* In publicly disclosing this information, Cleveland Clinic tries to provide information as accurately as possible about its physicians' and scientists' connections with industry.

As of 10/4/2016, Dr. Colbert has reported no financial relationship with industry that is applicable to this listing. In general, patients should feel free to contact their doctor about any of the relationships and how the relationships are overseen by Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about Cleveland Clinic's policies on collaborations with industry and innovation management, go to our Integrity in Innovation page.

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